BILL NUMBER: ACR 100	CHAPTERED  01/25/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   5
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JANUARY 25, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JANUARY 20, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 14, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickerson
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner,
Bates, Bock, Brewer, Briggs, Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo,
Corbett, Correa, Cox, Davis, Ducheny, Dutra, Florez, Frusetta,
Gallegos, Granlund, Havice, Honda, House, Jackson, Kaloogian, Keeley,
Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Leonard, Longville, Maddox, McClintock, Migden,
Nakano, Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti,
Reyes, Scott, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin,
Thompson, Thomson, Torlakson, Washington, Wayne, Wiggins, Wildman,
Wright, and Zettel)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Costa, Johannessen, Johnston, Karnette,
Kelley, Knight, Leslie, Lewis, McPherson, O'Connell, Peace,
Poochigian, Rainey, and Wright)

                        JANUARY 10, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 100--Relative to the Office of
Emergency Services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 100, Dickerson.  Office of Emergency Services:  firefighters:
fire season of 1999.
   This measure would honor the dedicated firefighters of the Office
of Emergency Services for their efforts during the "Fire Sieges of
1999."




   WHEREAS, During the fire season of 1999, the State of California
experienced one of the worst fire sieges in its history; several
firefighters' lives were lost, over 1,500 structures were destroyed,
and 750,000 acres of wildlands in nearly every region of the state
burned, from the Mexico border to the Oregon border, and from the
coastal mountains to the Sierra Nevada mountains; and
   WHEREAS, The Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinated local
government fire response through the Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid
System to over 244 fires, providing 1,105 engines and other
equipment, and assisting with communication, information, and mapping
systems for a total of 126 days under difficult and dangerous
conditions of smoke, high temperatures, wind-driven flames, and steep
rugged terrain; and
   WHEREAS, After the fires were out, OES facilitated the integration
of local, state, and federal disaster programs to provide assistance
to over 200 families in need of emergency assistance; and
   WHEREAS, OES staff and crews, through valiant efforts and
unwavering commitment, helped minimize the devastation to life,
property, and natural resources, and provided much needed postfire
assistance; now, therefore be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That it is with great pride that the Legislature
of the State of California honors the dedicated firefighters of the
Office of Emergency Services for their efforts during the "Fire
Sieges of 1999" that were truly beyond the call of duty; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
